International+Day+of+the+Midwife+2010

=24 Hour Virtual International Day of the Midwife May 5th 2010= [|Sarah Stewart](Otago Polytechnic Education Development Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand) and [|Dr Deborah Davis](University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) would like to thank everyone who joined us at any stage during the Virtual International Day of the Midwife event. We would especially like to thank the [|Educational Development Centre], [|Otago Polytechnic], Dunedin, New Zealand, who sponsored the event by providing the Elluminate virtual meeting room. Our thanks also go to the speakers and facilitators, as well as the people who supported us behind the scenes. In particular we would like to acknowledge: Pauline Costins, Pam Harnden, Jo Hart, Carolyn McIntosh, Chris Woodhouse, Carolyn Hastie, Gloria LeMay and Lorna Davies.

[|Here is the link to the recording] of the VIDM **BUT** it is the 'raw' recording. If you'd like to listen to individual audio recordings, please check the table below.
 * Recordings of the sessions**

[|New Zealand College of Midwives] || **May 5th** 12.00 hours ||  ||   || [|Click on this link] to be taken to this welcome by Karen Guilliland, CEO of NZCOM || [|International Confederation of Midwives] || **May 5th** 12.00 hours ||  ||   || [|Click on this link] to be taken to this welcome by Bridget Lynch, President International Confederation of Midwives ICM || How to be with women and support their choices when everything seems to be against you. Why we do it and what it means to be a midwife. [|Lisa Barrett] (homebirth midwife, Australia) || 12.00 hours || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Lisa Barrett]
 * **Activity** || **New Zealand Time** || **World Time** || **Facilitator** || **Instructions** ||
 * **Welcome to the 24 Hour Virtual International Day of the Midwife**
 * **Welcome to the 24 Hour Virtual International Day of the Midwife**
 * **Midwifery today: elite professional or birth servant?**

[|Video Recording of Lisa Barrett] || Jennifer Vanderlaan will lead us in reflecting on the challenges facing mothers and midwives throughout the world || 12.00 ||  || Jennifer Vanderlaan || [] || Maternova (http://maternova.net) is hosting a photography contest on 'GLOBAL MIDWIVES AND MOTHERS' ending at [|midnight GMT.] || 12.00 ||  || Meg Wirth || Please post your photos of midwives and mothers from around the world in this Flickr account:===@http://www.flickr.com/groups/maternova/ === If you'd prefer not to join flickr, send the photos to us directly giving country, photographer and a few lines of text! mwrith@maternova.net || [|Pamela Harnden] (New Zealand) || 13.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|Click here] for link to Pam's slides. [|MP3 recording of Pam Harnden] || [|Carolyn Hastie] (Newcastle, Australia) - Author and Co-Editor: [|Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship] || 14.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Carolyn Hastie] || [|Anna Hughes] (Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand) || 15.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Anna Hughes] || Kaisa Tuominen (Spain) || 15.00 ||  ||   || [|Here is a blog] explaining what the videos are about. And here is the actual page with all the videos: http://www.fitnessintegral. com/12daysoffitness/ || [|Alison Teate] (Clinical Midwife Consultant, South East Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service, Australia) || 16.00 || [|Here] || Deborah Davis || [|MP3 Recording of Alison Teate] || [|Mary Sidebotham] (Griffith University, Brisbane) will be discussing her study which looked at why midwives left the UK and what factors influenced their move to Queensland, Australia. || 17.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Mary Sidebotham] || Join Ans Luyben (Switzerland) to discuss what we can do to address the international shortage of midwives. || 18.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Ans Luyben] || Beverley Walker (Australia) will be presenting a summary of the moral issues around informed consent. She will be explaining why she feels there are major concepts missing from current midwifery practice, and how midwives can better work with women. || 19.00 || [|Here] || [|Lorna Davies] || [|MP3 Recording of Beverley Walker] || Guides are Aastra Apfelbaum ([|Deborah Davis]) & Petal Stransky (Sarah Stewart) [|Introductory video] of virtual birth unit || 19.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || Meet at birth unit in Second Life: [] Second Life orientation package [|here] ||  [|Dr Deborah Davis] (UTS, Sydney, Australia) || 20.00 || [|Here] || [|Carolyn McIntosh] || [|MP3 Recording of Deborah Davis] || Join Rosalee Shaw in this virtual midwifery forum for an online chat, discussion or post your IDM photos || 20.00 || [|Here] || Rosalee Shaw || *The Midwives Place* is open exclusively to midwives, participants need to register, but registration is free. http://midwivesplace.ning.com ||  Facilitated by Professor [|Nicky Leap] Nicky will get the ball rolling, please come prepared to share your midwifery tales of the unexpected. The bizarre, the strange, the weird and the wonderful.... || 21.00 || [|Here] || [|Carolyn McIntosh] || [|MP3 recording of Nicky Leap] || Pauline Costins ( Curtin University Perth WA, Australia) || 22.00 || [|Here] || [|Carolyn McIntosh] || [|MP3 Recording of Pauline Costins] || How to use an ePortfolio for professional development and accreditation [|Sarah Stewart] (New Zealand) || 23.00 || [|Here] || [|Carolyn McIntosh] || [|MP3 Recording of Sarah Stewart] || Laura Bridle (UK) will be reporting for the next 6 hours ([|program here]) on how things are going at this live event. || **May 6th** 00.00 || [|Here] ||  || Check out what midwives are up to in Surrey, England, on the Virtual International Day of the Midwife [|Facebook Page] || [|Mary Zwart] (Holland) || 01.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Mary Zwart] || A series of photos celebrating the learning of a student midwife donated by [|Lisa Aman] (USA) || 01.00 ||  ||   || [|Click here] to see photos of this blessed occasion in a student midwife's life. || Kim Sniffen (USA) will be telling us about the work being carried out by the [|Hope for Haiti Foundation] || 02.00 || [|Here] || [|Chris Woodhouse] || Recording is not available for this session. || Atf Gherissi (Tunisia) in English and French || 02.00 ||  ||   || Please read the **[|English]** or **[|French]** version of the discussion written as a blog post by Atf. Join the discussion by leaving a comment at the end of the post. Veuillez lire la version **Anglaise** __ou__ **Française__** de la discussion dans le blog posté par At. rejoignez la discussion en laissant un commentaire à la fin du blog. || Susan Davis (University of West England, UK) || 03.00 || [|Here] || [|Chris Woodhouse] || [|MP3 Recording of Susan Davis] || Lisa Hanson (Marquette University, USA) || 03.00 ||  ||   || [|Click here] to see presentation with audio narration [|Click here] to see the presentation without audio || Phanie Gonatas (Cyprus) || 04.00 ||  ||   || [|Click here] to go to the presentation which is in **Greek**. || [|Amanda Perkins Deardorff] (Romania) || 05.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|Recording of Amanda Perkins] || Join The Feminist Breeder & [|Amy Romano] (USA) discussing why midwives should get online || 05.00 || [|Here] || Amy Romano amyromano [at] lamaze dot org || [|Here is the recording] of the discussion || Join [|Tania Jones] to talk about midwifery on Twitter. Use the tag #IDM2010 when sending messages || 05.00 || [|Here] || Follow us on Twitter: [|IDM2010] || No recording || It’s not enough to just have online accounts everywhere; you need to have a voice that is unique to you, that gives value to your readers. The way you present yourself online can serve as a sterling reference or as a shocking warning, depending on how you do it. [|Laureen Hudson] (San Francesco, USA) || 06.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Laureen Hudson] || This presentation talks about how midwives and women currently use technology and the implications for midwifery practice. [|Dallas Knight] (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand) || 06.00 ||  ||   || [|Click here] to see the presentation. [|Click here] to hear audio recording (5 minutes) of an Interview Sarah Stewart had with Dallas about her research. || Dulce Gualda, Jacqueline Brigagao, Roselane Goncalves (Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP, Brazil) || 06:00 || [|here] || Jacqueline Brigagao || [|Click here] to go to presentation in **Portuguese** || [|Gloria Lemay] (Vancouver, Canada) Women want to feed themselves and their babies in utero well, and they often make lifestyle changes in pregnancy that they would not have the discipline to make if they were not pregnant. This presentation focuses on how to help women achieve excellent nutrition through fun, inspiring and effective coaching. || 07.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Gloria LeMay] || Here are some examples of how one midwife, Valerie Gommon (Milton Keynes, UK) uses the Internet to connect with women and colleagues. How do you use the Internet for your midwifery practice? || 07.00 ||  ||   || [|Blog] [|Twitter] [|YouTube] [|Website] [|Facebook] || AND Join a FSMFN DNP student and the Midwifery Department Chair for two unique project presentations. || 08.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of FSMFN] || This poem is written by a student midwife about her calling to midwifery following the birth of her daughter. Kristina Stevens, Student Nurse Midwife (Chicago, USA) || 08.00 || [|Here] ||  || [|Click here] to read Kristina's beautiful poem about birth and midwifery || [|Robyn Maude] (University of Victoria, New Zealand) || 09.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Robyn Maude] || Come and meet other student midwives from all over the world and be an active part of the "sisterhood" of the new generation of midwives || 10.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 recording] of general discussion for student midwives, especially focusing on how to cope with professional challenges such as theory-practice gap, facilitated by Sarah Stewart. || Sally Westbury (Australia) || 11.00 || [|Here] || Sarah Stewart || [|MP3 Recording of Sally Westbury] || Monica Newby CNM (East Carolina University, USA) || 11.00 || [|Here] || [|Bob Green] || Presentation in Second Life. Slurl (link to place presentation venue): http://slurl.com/secondlife/ ECU%20IV/97/195/25 Second Life orientation package [|here] || KUT Radio || 12:00 ||  ||   || Short 5-minute Documentary-Video on a Unique Midwife. [|Portrait of a Midwife]
 * **A call to prayer for safe motherhood**
 * **Global midwives and mothers photography contest**
 * ** How do we engage young mums in a culturally safe way to improve antenatal education  **
 * **Keeping women safe: a psychophysiological approach to the third stage of labour**
 * **Practice use of Natural Infant Hygiene or 'Nappy Free' in our society**.
 * **Negative Pressure Core Exercises for Perinatal Women**
 * **Implementing the [|CenteringPregnancy] model of group based antenatal care at St George Hospital, Sydney: Lessons learned**
 * ** Push pull factors influencing global migration of health workers. **
 * **Shortage of midwives; situations, solutions and concerns **
 * **Looking at informed consent**
 * **Tour of the virtual birthing unit and normal birth scenario in Second Life**
 * **Place. Can birth place impact on clinical outcomes? **
 * ***The Midwives Place***
 * **Midwifery Tales of the Unexpected: A chance to share stories.**
 * **How 'Reflective Practice' can help you learn and change your perceptions**
 * **ePortfolios in the clouds**
 * **IDM in Surrey, UK**
 * **The art of midwifery**
 * **Jen's first catch**
 * **Update on Haiti**
 * **Shortage of midwives; situations, solutions and concerns**
 * **Midwives' views of working in a birth centre**
 * **Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request**
 * **Teenage pregnancy in Cyprus**
 * **Birth, maternal and child health in Romania**
 * **Radiopodcast. International Day of the Midwife**
 * **Twitter Conversation**
 * **Online Presence for Midwives**
 * **Midwives, women and technology**
 * **The importance of a midwifery course in Brazil**
 * **Nutrition for Two.**
 * **One midwife's use of social media**
 * **Explore the Topics of Teaching Holistic Pain Control in Pregnancy**
 * Why Applicants Choose Nurse-Midwifery as a Career?**
 * [|Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing]**
 * **When you were born**
 * **Fetal monitoring for low risk women**
 * **Drop-in session for student midwives**
 * **Supporting women's decisions to birth vaginally after multiple cesarean section**
 * **Midwifery in North Carolina and the USA**
 * Midwife in Austin, TX

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 * Live Virtual Meetings**

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The live virtual meetings will be held in an Elluminate virtual meeting room sponsored by [|Otago Polytechnic Education Development Center]. The room is open now so you can go there and test out the technology at any time. Please [|click on this link] to be taken to the virtual meeting room.

If you do not know how to use the Elluminate virtual meeting room, please click here for more information

Please contact Sarah Stewart or Deborah Davis if you want to know more information about the Virtual International Day of the Midwife on May 5th 2010 or if you need help with getting into the virtual meeting room.
 * Contact**

Email: sarahstewart07(at)gmail.com Twitter: [|SarahStewart] Facebook: [|sarahmstewart]
 * Sarah Stewart**

Email: deborah.davis(at)uts.edu.au
 * Deborah Davis**


 * Disclaimer:** This event is sponsored by the [|Otago Polytechnic Educational Development Center] - infrormation and opinions voiced during this event are not necessarily those of the Otago Polytechnic School of Midwifery.